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FORT WORTH — Former Richmond pastor Geronimo Aguilar has been found guilty on all counts of sexual assault in his jury trial. The jury just handed down the decision and CBS 6 confirmed the verdict via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Two sisters said Aguilar had sexual relationships with them beginning when they were 11 and 13 years old. They said it happened in the 90s while he was a pastor at their church there in Houston. The 13-year-old said she was raped by Aguilar.
Aguilar denied the allegations though he confessed to affairs with other women, but the jurors still convicted him. Aguilar’s wife Samantha testified that his affairs were “emotionally draining,” and that he slept with her sister-in-law. “I didn’t want the details. I still don’t want the details,” Samantha Aguilar said to the Star Telegram. “I don’t want to have to keep going through it.”
Aguilar served as pastor and founder of the ROC church here in Richmond, which was recently renamed. He was fired in 2014.
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